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PALGHAR: Two godowns were gutted in a fire in Vasai in Maharashtra's Palghar district in the early hours of Sunday, a civic official said.No one was injured in the blaze, which broke out at Mourya Naka in Sativali at 1:30am and was doused at 5:30am, the Vasai Virar Municipal Fire Brigade official said. A probe into the cause of the fire is underway, he added.(With PTI inputs)!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t,...

BHIWANDI: A fire broke out on the 9th floor of a multi-storey building here on Saturday, officials said. No casualties were reported. Twenty-two residents were rescued by firefighters. A fire official said it was reported at 2.25pm in an electric wire duct in the 12-storeyed Aryan City Building at Temghar Pada. The residents on an upper floor were trapped due to heavy smoke. Seeing the smoke spread,...

THANE: Nineteen years after a homemaker was raped, a rickshaw driver has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) by the district court in Thane. Additional Sessions Judge Dr Rachna R Tehra convicted the accused Ramashankar Shukla, 52, and imposed a fine of Rs 5,500. Prosecutor EB Dhamal, informed the court that the victim lived in Nerul in Navi Mumbai and the accused also resided in...

THANE: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Navi Mumbai arrested two constables attached to Thane traffic branch for demanding Rs 3000 for not taking any action on the seized pick-up van.The police said that the two accused constables are identified as Dilip Satpute, attached to Bhiwandi traffic unit whereas the other accused has been identified as Sachin Bhosale, attached to Shilphata traffic unit.An...

THANE: At least 20 people were rescued after a major fire erupted in a 12-storey building in Bhiwandi city in Thane district of Maharashtra on Saturday afternoon, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, an official said. The building with 48 flats filled with smoke after the blaze erupted at around 2.15 pm and residents rushed out, the official added. "At least 20 residents stranded on...

Thane: The property cell of the Thane crime branch has arrested a 26-year-old history sheeter and has seized two illegal country-made revolvers and six live cartridges from him. The accused has been identified as Akash Shirsath, a resident of Ulhasnagar.The police said that they had information that a person with a specific description was to come at Kopri area, hence, a team was formed, and accordingly...

THANE: Amid concerns over pollution levels in Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers, industries from Badlapur MIDC have come together to mitigate the situation. The industrialists who treats effluents to CETP plant, before MIDC releasing into either Ulhas or Waldhuni rivers, have installed an additional new technology called DAF (Dissolved Air Floatation) in their CETP plant.Through this DAF technology, oils and...

Thane: The Thane court has acquitted four persons, including a mother and her two sons, who were accused of dacoity and murder of a senior citizen in 2015 in Vashi. Sessions judge AN Sirsikar acquitted Himmatsingh Kalani, 41, Gujratsingh Kalani, 45, Sanjeevan Gamre, 31, and Surajkaur Kalani, 68. The Kalanis are residents of Nashik, the lawyer informed.The prosecutor told the court that on January 10,...

THANE: While the Thane police have started investigating the alleged assault on a Shiv Sena UBT activist, Roshani Shinde Pawar, following permission from the Thane magistrate court, the state women's commission on Thursday issued a notice to the Thane police and asked the Thane police chief to remain present before it on April 11 with its report. The commission, chaired by Rupali Chakankar, said it was...

THANE: The kasarwadavali police has registered a Non-Cognizable offence in the alleged Roshni Shinde assault case and mentioned two ‘unidentified’ women as the opponents. After a huge Morcha was taken out by the Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray and the alias of Maha Vikas Aghadi against the incident, only after that Thane police swung into action. Had the police taken swift action earlier, the situation...